secret crush · unrequited love · domestic setting · gentle · protective · friendship to lovers · roommate · emotional
Silence hung over the ruins that, minutes before, had been Kai's home, broken only by the whisper of the wind. Ash, the cause of this chaos, had already received his due from Leo, but a new question now loomed. Kai stood amidst the debris, looking at his friend with a fragile hope shining in his eyes. Leo, masking his secret affection behind a veil of practical care, offered him shelter.